Trading statement AWETHU BREWERIES LIMITED (REGISTRATION NUMBER 1992/004352/06) JSE CODE: AWT ISIN CODE: ZAE000013769 ("Awethu" or "the Company") TRADING STATEMENT In terms of section 3.4 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they become reasonably certain that the financial results for the period to be reported on will be more than 20% different from that of the previous corresponding period. The directors of Awethu anticipate that the basic loss per share for the year ended 30 June 2014 will be between 4.30 to 4.35 cents per share, being an increase in loss of between 1383% and 1400%, compared to the basic loss per share of 0.29 cents reported for the previous corresponding period, and headline loss per share is anticipated to be between 0.84 to 0.88 cents per share, being an increase in loss of between 189% and 203%, compared to headline loss per share of 0.29 cents reported for the previous corresponding period being the year ended 30 June 2013. The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company`s auditors. The Company’s annual financial results for the year ended 30 June 2014 will be published on SENS on or about 14 October 2014. Vanderbijlpark 10 October 2014 Sponsor: Deloitte & Touche Sponsor Services (Pty) Ltd Date: 10/10/2014 04:55:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.